Fly or Fold

Paragliding weekend planner · central Ohio and beyond

Is the weekend worth the drive?

See the chance of a flyable day at sites within a long drive of central Ohio, and how it moves as the weekend gets closer. A forecast that firms up is one to plan around. One that keeps flipping is a reason to wait.

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This weekend

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Chance of a flyable day is the share of forecast ensemble members where the site's wind, gust and rain limits hold for long enough inside its flying window. The small line shows every run so far for that day. It covers a model grid cell about 25 km across, not the launch. Check live conditions and make your own call on the day.

How it works

  1. Every morning

    A scheduled job pulls the GFS ensemble forecast from Open-Meteo for every site, 14 days ahead.

  2. Scored per site

    Each ensemble member is checked hour by hour against the site's wind direction, speed, gust and rain limits.

  3. Logged, not overwritten

    Every run is kept, so you can watch a weekend's chances change, and later check how good the forecasts were.

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  1. Website

    The site is up

    It reads the daily forecast log for Lake Erie, the Tennessee cliff launch and Canaan Valley. Charts fill in as daily runs accumulate. See the forecast timeline.